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Open Cup, Concacaf Champions Cup should be the priority for US Soccer teams, not the Leagues Cup, especially not this season with the World Cup break. Instead MLS withdrew teams from the domestic cup again to accommodate it. There are similarities between FIFA's latest stunt and how MLS/SUM operate.

Inviting private equity to buy a stake in the World Cup explains a lot of Infantino's behavior during a 2026 tournament where everything was for sale. It is already a blight on the club game and should be resisted in international football. This weekend's Morning Star column.

And this is what has already happened to the club game, most prominently in UEFA.

Statement from FIFA president Gianni Infantino, announcing that plans to introduce a commercial arm of FIFA with stakes for private equity has been scrapped.

Best thing about this is at one point it plays the NHL 94 music, one of the best pieces of music ever created.

One of my favourite niche subjects - soccer played on baseball fields - reached a wider audience this week thanks to Liverpool vs Wrexham at Yankee Stadium, so I took the opportunity to write about it again here for @nysoccertimes.com nysoccertimes.com/yankee-stadi...

Yankee Stadium Soccer Field Discourse Ignited During Liverpool vs WrexhamYankee Stadium hosted a pre-season friendly between Liverpool FC and Wrexham AFC on Wednesday night, attracting the second-largest soccer crowd of the year to the venue, and igniting the soccer-on-a-b...nysoccertimes.com

FIFA reach the "label critical media reporting as fake news" section of the Trump playbook.

Tickets for this were $49, so quite a bit cheaper than some of the other friendlies. I think people have football fatigue.

Welcome non-MLS watchers to the Yankee Stadium football field size discourse. The pitch dimensions are roughly the same as Fulham's Craven Cottage, maybe slightly narrower. Looks smaller due to the angles of the stands by the pitch and the camera angle.

Disappointed Freese didn't score with more throws given his strength in that area of the game, though the one he does is unstoppable.

One thing for modern football, it's been great at highlighting to a wider audience how bad capitalism is.

Vermont Green haven't lost a game in USL since 21 July 2024.

Explains FIFA's profit-first approach to this World Cup as an organisation that is supposedly non-profit. Infantino would be profiting from exploiting fans via high ticket prices at this World Cup. It shouldn't be his to sell.

My latest MLS roundup for FotMob - the first post-World Cup. Plenty of unfolding stories in the opening games in what, in some ways, feels like the start of a new season. It'll take time to settle. www.fotmob.com/en-GB/topnew...

The MLS Wrap: New headline names sign up as the league returns to actionMLS has returned on the back of the USA and Canada hosting the World Cup alongside Mexico, and all eyes are on how the league will capitalise on soccer fever following the tournament.www.fotmob.com

Also -an idea- New York Cosmos should replace NYCFC as NYC's nomadic team. They should push to move higher up when USL restructures with a Div I league (they are the New York Cosmos after all) and play in the baseball stadiums as NYCFC did.

It's still funny they played a home game in LA. They needed a home but I quite liked the NYCFC nomads era. It was one of the things that provided additional interest in MLS regular seasons that are often in need of additional interest.